New York State Senator

William Colton 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 45)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02354

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02321

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

3/11/25

Engrossed

3/17/25

Refer

3/17/25

Engrossed

3/19/26

Refer

3/19/26

Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02264

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02299

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices if a driver accumulates eleven or more points on their driving record during a 24 month period, or receives 6 speed camera or red light camera tickets during a twelve month period.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02311

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Report Pass

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Report Pass

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Engrossed

6/10/25

Enrolled

11/17/25

Chaptered

11/21/25

Passed

11/21/25

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A02340

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/16/25

Report Pass

5/19/25

Refer

5/19/25

Report Pass

6/9/25

Refer

6/9/25

Report Pass

6/13/25

Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01249

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Relates to renewal of a lease under the stabilization code promulgated by the real estate industry stabilization association; defines demolish.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01227

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes a lien against personal and real property of the owner of a commercial towing company for illegal and improper practices; creates personal liability for members of an LLC and certain corporate shareholders.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01224

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions price for electric generation from carbon-based fuel; creates a carbon dioxide emissions fund.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01245

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for student loan payments not in excess of five thousand dollars; excludes any payment not in excess of five thousand dollars made by an employer, employee, or on behalf of an employee that is directly deducted from the employee's wages through payroll and administered by a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to educational institutions or related loan servicers on behalf of students such amount from an employee's New York state gross income; further excludes any contribution not to exceed five thousand dollars to a tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code made through payroll deduction and facilitated by an employer or a third-party platform that facilitates direct payments to such programs on behalf of employees from the employee's New York state gross income.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01229

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Report Pass

5/28/25

Refer

5/28/25

Refer

1/7/26

Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01166

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the court to provide a range of at least three different dates and times for a person pleading not guilty to a traffic infraction to appear.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01112

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires the commissioner of health to establish regional minimum hourly base reimbursement rates for home care aides.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01151

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Authorizes the issuance of "I Support Music Education" distinctive plates and establishes the "I support music education" fund.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A01255

Introduced

1/9/25

Refer

1/9/25

Refer

1/7/26

Requires applicants to the department of environmental conservation for permits to disclose information concerning other permits held and/or revoked, enforcement actions, criminal convictions, fees or fines owed, and other information relating to compliance by the applicant or any corporation of which they are an officer, director, or large stockholder with state, federal, or foreign environmental laws or regulations and certain other laws.

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